Balkanize
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Bal·kan·ize
or bal·kan·ize (bôl′kə-nīz′)tr.v. Bal·kan·ized, Bal·kan·iz·ing, Bal·kan·iz·es or bal·kan·ized or bal·kan·iz·ing or bal·kan·iz·es
1. To divide (a region or territory) into small, often hostile units.
2. To divide (an organization or system) into small, incompatible units: changes that would Balkanize the corporation.
[From the political division of the Balkan countries in the early 20th century.]
Bal′kan·i·za′tion n.
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Balkanize
(ˈbɔːlkəˌnaɪz) orBalkanise
vb
1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (tr) to divide (a territory) into small warring states
2. to divide (a group or organization) into small factions
ˌBalkaniˈzation, ˌBalkaniˈsation n
ˈBalkaˌnized, ˈBalkaˌnised adj
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Bal•kan•ize
(ˈbɔl kəˌnaɪz)v.t. -ized, -iz•ing.
to divide (a country, territory, etc.) into small, often quarrelsome states.
[1915–20]
Bal`kan•i•za′tion, n.
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Balkanize
Past participle: Balkanized
Gerund: Balkanizing
| Imperative |
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| Balkanize |
| Balkanize |
| Present |
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| I Balkanize |
| you Balkanize |
| he/she/it Balkanizes |
| we Balkanize |
| you Balkanize |
| they Balkanize |
| Preterite |
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| I Balkanized |
| you Balkanized |
| he/she/it Balkanized |
| we Balkanized |
| you Balkanized |
| they Balkanized |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am Balkanizing |
| you are Balkanizing |
| he/she/it is Balkanizing |
| we are Balkanizing |
| you are Balkanizing |
| they are Balkanizing |
| Present Perfect |
|---|
| I have Balkanized |
| you have Balkanized |
| he/she/it has Balkanized |
| we have Balkanized |
| you have Balkanized |
| they have Balkanized |
| Past Continuous |
|---|
| I was Balkanizing |
| you were Balkanizing |
| he/she/it was Balkanizing |
| we were Balkanizing |
| you were Balkanizing |
| they were Balkanizing |
| Past Perfect |
|---|
| I had Balkanized |
| you had Balkanized |
| he/she/it had Balkanized |
| we had Balkanized |
| you had Balkanized |
| they had Balkanized |
| Future |
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| I will Balkanize |
| you will Balkanize |
| he/she/it will Balkanize |
| we will Balkanize |
| you will Balkanize |
| they will Balkanize |
| Future Perfect |
|---|
| I will have Balkanized |
| you will have Balkanized |
| he/she/it will have Balkanized |
| we will have Balkanized |
| you will have Balkanized |
| they will have Balkanized |
| Future Continuous |
|---|
| I will be Balkanizing |
| you will be Balkanizing |
| he/she/it will be Balkanizing |
| we will be Balkanizing |
| you will be Balkanizing |
| they will be Balkanizing |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been Balkanizing |
| you have been Balkanizing |
| he/she/it has been Balkanizing |
| we have been Balkanizing |
| you have been Balkanizing |
| they have been Balkanizing |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been Balkanizing |
| you will have been Balkanizing |
| he/she/it will have been Balkanizing |
| we will have been Balkanizing |
| you will have been Balkanizing |
| they will have been Balkanizing |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been Balkanizing |
| you had been Balkanizing |
| he/she/it had been Balkanizing |
| we had been Balkanizing |
| you had been Balkanizing |
| they had been Balkanizing |
| Conditional |
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| I would Balkanize |
| you would Balkanize |
| he/she/it would Balkanize |
| we would Balkanize |
| you would Balkanize |
| they would Balkanize |
| Past Conditional |
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| I would have Balkanized |
| you would have Balkanized |
| he/she/it would have Balkanized |
| we would have Balkanized |
| you would have Balkanized |
| they would have Balkanized |
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Verb 1. Balkanize - divide a territory into small, hostile states
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